continuing or enduring without fundamental or marked change; lasting or stable
The word permanent had its own kind of revenge on those who misused it, for the Bible said that nothing was permanent and everything came and went — Janet Frame
not subject to replacement according to political circumstances
She is a Permanent Undersecretary at the Home Office
permanence noun
permanency noun
permanently adv
[Middle English via French from Latin permanent-, permanens, present part. of permanēre to endure, from per- + manēre to remain]